Ford stories 7.1% enhance in U.S. car gross sales

DETROIT – Ford Motor’s U.S. gross sales elevated about 7% final 12 months, marking the automaker’s finest gross sales since 2019 however coming in decrease than the general business’s development.

Ford on Thursday reported gross sales of practically 2 million autos in 2023, a 7.1% enhance from the earlier 12 months. The corporate completed third in general U.S. gross sales, trailing Toyota Motor and General Motors.

“In a 12 months of challenges, from a labor strike to produce points, our superb lineup of gasoline, electrical and hybrid autos and our unbelievable sellers delivered strong development and momentum. We now have the merchandise that prospects need,” Ford CEO Jim Farley mentioned in a launch.

Ford’s gross sales are decrease than the business gross sales, which auto knowledge agency Motor Intelligence stories topped 15.6 million final 12 months — marking a 12.3% enhance from 2022 and the section’s finest efficiency since greater than 17 million autos in 2019.

For the forty seventh 12 months in a row, Ford F-Sequence was America’s best-selling truck and America’s best-selling car for the forty second 12 months in a row. Gross sales topped 750,000 models final 12 months, up about 15% in comparison with the earlier 12 months.

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